The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-01-21
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William NJ Evarts nevet drinks more than
two glasses of wine at time.
Col. Mosby, talking in Boston, claimed that
he first struck of the solid south" phrase.
1t is said that President Cleveland has
saved about s25, 600 from his first years
salary. 1863
Mr.. Spurgeon, the great English preacher,
has gone to Mentone, where he intends to pass
the winter.
Judge Ogden Hoffman has served continu-
ously on the federal bench in San Francisco
for nearly thirty years.
Vice. Chancellor Bacon, just retired, is the
only English judge who remained on the
bench up to the age Of 81.
United States Consul Wingate, Of Foochow,
China, has just presented Dartmouth college
with two ikenesses of Confucius.
Henry Ward Beecher is fond Of attending
public dinners, but eats very little. He never
drinks anything stronger than appollinaris.
hrs. Cleveland chats with her mother by
telephone every day, wire having been
stretched from Red Top to the White House
Col. Ben Folsom, consul to Birmingham,
sailed A-om New York Saturday. Mrs Cteve-
land paid flying visit to the metropolis to
see him off.
Senator Don Cameron and his wife are
back in Washington. They occupy tho Tay-
lor mansion which Don Cameron bought last
year for S67, 600.
Gen. w. T. Sherman has taken up his resi-
dence in New York city. His wife and two
daughters are with him, and they have half
dozen rooms In the Fifth Avenue houel.
Oscar Wilde has degenerated altogether
His long locks are no longer curled, his face
has grown chubby and his legs are eucased
in long trousers, and for good reasons. They
won't stand inspection.
OF President Arthur's cabinet, Freling-
huysen and Folger are dead, Hatton is edit
ing The Chicago Mail, Lincoln is practicing
law in Chicago. Gresham is ON the bench,
Brewster is taking care OF large law prac-
tice and Teller is In the United States senate.
President Dwight, OF Yale, is said to have
prejudice against going to bed for the night
without taking long walk. His usual habit
is to sit until 10 or IL o'clock poring over his
books or driving his pen and then tramp
across New Haven's old green and through
the deserted streets OF the town. He finds
walk the best thing in the world 10 induce
sleep after study
Senator John P. Jones, who used TO be Q
bonanza king from Nevada. has been u little
"down ON his luck" of late years. He is happy
again, though, for ke made cold 81, ,000 900
pile in one day, . week or two ago. Immense
pew deposits Of ore were on that day found
in the "Virginia Consolidated" and the stock
jumped from Is to 80.
The king of Cambpdia, according to the
correspondent of a Paris journal, has 500
wives chosen from the handsomest women in
the whole country. The entire population
and territory belong to the king. All tho
Cainbodians are the kings Carmen" or
slaves, and pay ia rents. The king himself
belongs to the French resident general
The Princess Of Wales lately got from Paris
q winter costume trimmed with q fine dark
gray fur, which she greatly admired. "You
are a sportsman" she shortly afterward re-
marked to her husband; "tell me what kind
OF fur this is u don't hunt rats and MICE"
he replied, laughing; II leave that sport to :
the sewer men" And now the princess doesn't
like the costume as well a. she did.
ne. Rouvier declined to be the successor of
Paul Bert in Tonquin because he could not
get the life insurance companies to issue him
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henry Clay was very Iond ol poker. hen:
Feriey foofo says tnas .nere sraatson
that whae Clay was visiting Boston, ia 1918,
and lodging at the oid Excnange conee
house, IN Congress street, a servant rushed
into the parlof IN winch ne was at the poker
table with a few gentiemen q the old school,
and announced that the Motel was ON nfe.
"Oh, there VIII DC Time enough, thnK, cried
Mr.. Clay, ITO finish our game ana nnish It
ground.
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